Trulia

Trulia (NYSE: TRLA) is an online residential real estate site for home buyers, sellers, renters and real estate professionals. It lists properties for sale and rent as well as neighborhood information and community insights. The company is headquartered in downtown San Francisco and has offices in New York City and Denver, Colorado.

… digital products. Trulia + Uber = Solution to Problem You Didn’t Know You Had (Boston) In a development straight out of a misanthrope’s dream, you can now find an apartment listing, schedule a viewing, and hire a car to take you there all without speaking to another human or looking up from your smartphone. In other words, Trulia has integrated…

…. The startup scene saw its share of healthy — if not billion-dollar — exits as well. Public firms such as Yelp, Yahoo, Intuit as well as private companies such as Square, GoDaddy, Yext all bought companies in the local space. Here’s a recap of the five biggest exits in the local tech industry during 2014. Micros At $5.2 billion, Oracle’s buy of Micros…

… properties Average profit margins and formula for buying and selling homes How Tom uses the internet and social media to increase property sales The importance of using sites like Zillow and Trulia for real estate sales Three great Q&A questions for Tom in the Pit of Fire -> Download this episode to your computer. Mentioned URLs and Resources…

… Google announced today it is rolling out a redesign of its Search App for Android devices running on the Lollipop OS. Along with the “…bold colors, fluid animations and simplified layouts” of the new material design, Google says the updated app allows Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Galaxy Note 4 users to set their device so that the “Ok Google” voice…

… Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only top Facebook executive involved in real estate deals, as Forbes reported that chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and her husband, SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg, sold their home in Atherton, Calif. According to Trulia, Sandberg purchased the seven-bedroom, eight-and-one-half bath home…

… to 40% year-over-year growth with 90% year-over-year growth in mobile and a record number of subscribers in Q2 earnings. “When we were invited by Google to be on Android Wear we knew we wanted to build on it,” Wampler said. “We made sure to make this project work hard for us.” *** Also Noted Urban Airship and Gimbal announced a partnership…

… of opportunities to engage socially with consumers. But there’s an advantage to be gained in keeping your marketing strategy attuned to the groups actively pursuing interests relevant to your business. Why Angie’s List Is In Trouble (Time) This week, a report surfaced that the company had hired investment bankers to explore the possibility…

… for many of our real estate clients, but it seemed odd to see such a big jump in impressions (>20% in one week) during the same time period where these sites lost a large number of local rankings, particularly for head terms. These queries were now showing mostly the big national real estate sites (e.g., Zillow, Trulia, etc.) on page one. So…

A world with less pollution and no traffic jams, where taxis are cheap and safe and you never have to wait for a pickup: It’s a rosy vision Uber is peddling, and venture capitalists, those professional optimists, are fully on board. An app-based service that lets anyone in need of [...]

A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology Zillow Seeking to Buy Rival Property Site Trulia (Bloomberg) Zillow, the largest U.S. real estate website, is seeking to buy No. 2 Trulia for as much as $2 billion in cash and stock, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

… that the astronomical investments in Uber and Airbnb signal the breaking of a long-held “firewall” that kept the transformative effects of the Internet contained to the virtual world. Here Rifkin discusses why a small reduction in margins could kill traditional retail. CEO Of Startup Urban Airship Leaves Company After Being Accused Of Sexually…